2019 YEAR IN REVIEW

 

“Who’s gobbling whose cock now?”

-Patrick Bird on Walter Vargas working with the Tour to coordinate his schedule
for the 2019 calendar.
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The MGM Tour’s 2019 season will be remembered as the year of Chris Moawad, who so thoroughly dominated the headlines that John Mann opined the Tour should really be called Master of Golf: Moawad Grand Tour.  Moawad matched the Tour record for most wins in a single season (4), became the Tour’s all-time leader in wins (26), wins in a major (10), and won a record-extending 6th Player of the Year award.


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“No DeBell! Hate both those courses… especially that little one!”

-Doug Vargas, on DeBell hosting Devil Ball

“Always good to see everyone (even if DeBell is the course from hell).”

-Chris Moawad

“They say you can reach up and touch the sun at hole #4.”

-Armen Grigorian

“Just cuz it’s the 13th, you’re letting me know we’re not teammates. You’re trying to give me whiplash.”

-Ed Quiroz after Armen Grigorian accidently rear-ended him with the golf cart

“Can I just end it.” -Ed Quiroz suffering from intense allergies

“Can I just end it.”
-Ed Quiroz suffering from intense allergies

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“Ed, I hope you’re feeling better.  You should get some Player of the Year points just for finishing the round with your allergies erupting for 5 hours.”

-Armen Grigorian

A tournament first: champion Moawad also a gizmo prize winner.

A tournament first: champion Moawad also a gizmo prize winner.

 

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“Nail biter!! Or pillow biter given the two guys and the nature of this weekend’s festivities [at gay pride].”

-Patrick Bird on the Match Play finals between Walter Vargas and Chris Moawad heading to the final hole with Moawad leading by 1.
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“I have to bring my A+ game to beat him, I only brought my A game today.”

-Walter Vargas on his Finals loss to Chris Moawad in Match Play. Vargas dropped to 0-3 in the Finals, 1-4 vs. Moawad.

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“Congrats Chris. You deserve the rest next Saturday. We’ll miss you. See you next season.”

-Gerry Vaughan, after it was announced Moawad could skip the season-ending Griffith Observatory Championship and still win Player of the Year. Moawad would play, and to the chagrin of the field, won.
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“Happy Birthday man!  I’ll call my folks and see if they can send out my Grandfather’s old oxygen tank for ya.  No sense in spending a bunch of dough on one yourself.  You’ll probably want to get new hoses though, he was kinda snotty.”

-Patrick Bird on Clint being the latest entry to the “50” club.

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The MGM Tour will return.